“Maybe when I'm pushing 40, and I've survived heroin addiction and plowed through six wives (as this artist, pushing 50, has), I'll "get" Steve Earle, or be able to get excited by him, because from where I'm sitting, his albums consistently sound like the kind of stuff that folks over 35 find "edgy" or "raw." Lucinda Williams, 50 this year, would be his female counterpart. Having heard the best mom”
